The wife of a striking Steelworker walking a picket line at a Texas oil refinery sums up in one sentence why her husband and thousands of other USW members were forced to walk off their jobs three weeks ago.

It's a rare citizen who would rush to testify that the higher wages, benefits, and training that unions bring are a bad idea. Fortunately, the Wisconsin GOP had the full support of the Koch-funded "think tanks" that are a critical part of the right-wing infrastructure.